Construction of toy or game implement.



PATENTED SEPT. 8,1908.

J. A. DE LA FRESNAYE. CONSTRUCTION OF TOY OR GAME IMPLEMENTS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 26, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEAN ANDRE DE LA FRESNAYE, OF BAGNOLET, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO GUSTAVEPHILIPPART, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

CONSTRUCTION OF TOY OR GAME IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed November 26, 1907. Serial No. 403,877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN ANDRE DE LA 'FRESNAYE, a citizen of the FrenchRepublic,

This invention relates to a construction ofrotary or gyratorydouble-cone toy or game implement characterized by the construction oftwo hollow conical parts of thin rubher or guttapercha so as to givethem acertain amount of elasticity, their a ices bein connected by meansof a rin ma e of meta or other hard material, and t eir bases beingclosed by end pieces also made of rubber but comparatively rigid andsecured to them.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows in elevation the toyconstructed in accordance with this invention, one of the end piecesbeing shown separately from the corres onding conical part, partly inelevation an partly in vertical section. Fig; 2-shows the method ofjoining one of'the end pieces to a cone member.

The implement is constituted by two flexible hollow conical parts a I)made of rubber,

connected at their apices by means of a biconical part 0 made of metalor other hard material and not liable to become worn or cut through bythe friction of the cord used for operating the implement. The bases ofthe conical (parts a b are closed by separate end pieces also made ofrubber, but rigid. For fitting them up, it is sufficient to compress, asshown in Fig. 2, the edge of the ases of the supple conical parts, whichcan be easily done owing to their being made of rubber of suitablethickness, and then to insort the edge into the undercut or othersuitable groove 0, made in the edge of each of the corresponding rigidends (1.

The securin of the (parts thus fitted together, is chie y insure by theexpansion of the-flexible conical parts in the grooves in the rigidends, and can be completed by the application between the parts incontact of some solvent of rubber or adhesive material. This method ofconstruction considerably facilitates the manufacture which is thusrendered very economical and at the same time produces a very strong toythat is not liable .to deformation.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a toy or game implement of the character described thecombination with a pair of elastic compressible cone members, of acentral member of rigid material connecting the apices of said conemembers, and a rigid elastic end piece for each cone member, said endpiece having an undercut groove, the walls of which the base of a conemember is designed to frictionally engage.

. 2. In a toy or game im lement of, the character described, the comination' with a pair of hollow soft rubber cone members, of a rigidcentral member connecting the apices of said cone members, and a hardrubber end iece for each cone member, each end piece iiaving an undercutgroove therein, and the base of each cone member being adapted to enterthe said grooves and expand against the walls thereof to form africtional interlocking engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JEAN ANDRE DE LA FRESNAYE.

Witnesses:

GEORGES BONNEUIL, DEAN B. MASON.

